Winnipeg's Mayor, Brain Bowman, is speaking up after a city councillor falsely tweeted that Bowman was about to leave City Hall for a federal appointment.

Ross Eadie sent out a tweet on Wednesday saying that Bowman is "about to jump off the sinking ship he created."

Rumours have been circulating for weeks that Bowman would get a federal appointment and resign as mayor. Eadie told Winnipeg news outlets that he was told the rumour was true and sent out the tweet before fact-checking. He says that 

However, after Eadie made the post he says Bowman called him and assured him it was untrue. "False alarm! Mayor Bowman assures me he is not jumping the sinking ship," Eadie later tweeted. 

But Eadie says he won't apologize. Instead, he says, his tweet allowed the Mayor to clear the air. "Mismanagement of city finances and services will continue unless Winnipegers speak out."

Bowman says he doesn't know where the rumour comes from but called it "comical."

Eadie is not a prolific user of social media. His last tweet was previously in April 2017.